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ancient greece
athens
Author_Miriam Leonard
bible
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classicism
dionysus
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essence of christianity
feuerbach
french revolution
freud
god is dead
hebraism
hellenism
jerusalem
judaism
kant
marx
matthew arnold
moses mendelssohn
nietzsche
noah
nonfiction
phaedo
philhellenism
philology
philosophy
progress
prometheus
rationalism
reason
secularism
socrates
subjectivity
zion
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- ISBN 9780226472478
- Weight: 510g
- Dimensions: 16 x 24mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jun 2012
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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"What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?" Asked by the early Christian Tertullian, the question was vigorously debated in the nineteenth century. While classics dominated the intellectual life of Europe, Christianity still prevailed and conflicts raged between the religious and the secular. Taking on the question of how the glories of the classical world could be reconciled with the Bible, "Socrates and the Jews" explains how Judaism played a vital role in defining modern philhellenism. Exploring the tension between Hebraism and Hellenism, Miriam Leonard gracefully probes the philosophical tradition behind the development of classical philology and considers how the conflict became a preoccupation for the leading thinkers of modernity, including Matthew Arnold, Moses Mendelssohn, Kant, Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud. For each, she shows how the contrast between classical and biblical traditions is central to writings about rationalism, political subjectivity, and progress. Illustrating how the encounter between Athens and Jerusalem became a lightning rod for intellectual concerns, this book is a sophisticated addition to the history of ideas.
Miriam Leonard is professor of Greek literature and its reception at University College London. She is the author of Athens in Paris and How to Read Ancient Philosophy.
